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Talking about actions

use the arrow keys or mouse to advance

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…Reminder:

To talk about actions—whether in English or German (or most other languages)—we use verbs.

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Key things about verbs

• A verb tells what the action is, and when it takes place.

• Every sentence must have a subject and a verb—or it isn’t a sentence.

• The form of the verb changes according to the subject. (This is called “conjugation.”)

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Talking about yourself, or yourself and others.

• ich gehe• du / Sie• er / sie / es

• wir gehen• ihr / Sie• sie

singular plural

First PersonVerb forms: first person

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Talking to one or more people.

• ich• du gehst / Sie

gehen• er / sie / es

• wir• ihr geht / Sie gehen• sie

singular plural

First PersonVerb forms: second person

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Talking about one or more people/things.

• ich• du / Sie• er / sie / es geht

• wir• ihr / Sie• sie gehen

singular plural

First PersonVerb forms: third person

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Common Errors

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Trying to translate “I am running” as “Ich bin laufen.”

#1

I runI’m runningI do run

= ich laufe

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Forgetting to conjugate the verb, or conjugating it wrong.

(These confuse your listener or reader!)

#2

Each sentence must have a conjugated verb. Correct conjugation takes lots of

practice!

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Forgetting that in statements, the conjugated verb always comes second.

#3

Ich gehe jetzt zur Klassenstunde.

Jetzt

ich

gehe

zur Klassenstunde.

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Übungen

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first, review the vocabulary…

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spielen

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arbeiten

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essen

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laufen

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lernen

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fahren

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sprechen

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schlafen

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Now create a sentence for each image you see.

For example…

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Beispiel: Sie läuft.

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Sie spielen Tennis.

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Er spielt Trompete.

Trompete

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Sie spielt Fußball.

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Er arbeitet.

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Das Baby isst.

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Sie lernt.

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Sie fährt.

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Er schläft.

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Bonjour!

Er spricht Französisch.

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Er läuft.

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Sie schlafen. Er spielt Golf.

Sie laufen.Sie lernen.

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Sie essen. Sie fahren.

Sie arbeiten.Sie sprechen.